Periprostatic nerve block before ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy: A comparison of two local anesthetics

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 209-211

  Martella, Oreste ^a   Galatioto, Giuseppe Paradiso ^a   Pace, Gianna ^a   Bergamasco, Luca ^a   Maselli, Guevar ^a   Vicentini, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lidocaine; Local anesthesia; Mepivacaine; Prostate biopsy; Prostate vesicular junction injections

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATURIA; HEMOSPERMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 76149110516     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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